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Samstag 20. of Oktober 2007

Eick, Sambale, Toepfer Kontrollierte Urbanität Zur Neoliberalisierung städtischer Sicherheitspolitik

Titel: Kontrollierte Urbanität. Zur Neoliberalisierung städtischer Sicherheitspolitik, Herausgeber: Volker Eick, Jens Sambale, Eric Töpfer, Seiten: 402 Pages, Verlag:Transcript, Urban Studies, Preis: 21 €, ISBN: 3-89942-676-2
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Eick, Sambale, Toepfer Kontrollierte Urbanität Zur Neoliberalisierung städtischer Sicherheitspolitik


Category: Control

Sonntag 16. of September 2007

World Cup 2010: Privatizing Security in South Africa (G4S)

In April 2007 a global fact finding team from different unions went to South Africa, Malawi and Mozambique to find out about the employment practices of the global player "Group 4 Securicor (G4S)". The team interviewed G4S...
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World Cup 2010: Privatizing Security in South Africa (G4S)


Category: Security, welfare & workfare Security

Freitag 03. of August 2007

Nik Theodore and Ryan Hollon on non-state forms of policing in Chicago

Our friend Nik Theodore and Ryan Hollon talk about non-state forms of policing in the Chicago public housing market (external link to the Chicago Reader)
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Nik Theodore and Ryan Hollon on non-state forms of policing in Chicago


Category: welfare & workfare, Surveillance, Security Security

Sonntag 06. of August 2006

Fred Seavey: Globalizing Labor in Response to a Globalized Security Industry

Missing picture of sleeping security guard Through mergers and acquisitions, the private security industry has become increasingly consolidated across the globe. Today, the six largest private security companies control approximately 20% of the global security market....
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Fred Seavey: Globalizing Labor in Response to a Globalized Security Industry


Category: Presentations

Freitag 04. of August 2006

Volker Eick: Disciplining the Urban Poor

Missing picture of barb wire Private security companies (though not a new phenomenon) are mushrooming since the early 1990s all over Germany (and beyond). The withdrawal of state responsibilities for public services in general goes with the privatization of...
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Volker Eick: Disciplining the Urban Poor


Category: Presentations